A LIVERPOOL man thought to be on the run in America has been given a six years jail sentence.

James Flynn, 45, jumped bail three months ago after being convicted of a firearms offence.

Originally of Marley Close, Dingle, Flynn is an American citizen and is believed to have fled to the States before he could be punished.

A Preston crown court jury had convicted him of assault with intent to rob and possessing a firearm over an incident at a house on Stamford Avenue, Blackpool, where he pointed a gun at a teenage girl while another man went upstairs to take a stash of drugs.

Flynn had a handful of firearms related offences on his record.

He has now been sentenced, in his absence, to an indeterminate term for public protection, with a minimum of six years.